Apologies up front that this thread is not specifically about a DSM transmission, however when googling for forums that seemed knowledgeable on gearbox shimming, bearing preloads etc, this forum seemed to have a lot of knowledgeable people, so I'm hoping I'm allowed to ask my question here...

Hello,I´m new into the world of DSM I have been reading a lot and practicing with my cars (I have a 1990 GST and a 1993 GS) I love this cars but this is my first time owning one.Here is my problem the gearbox on my GST is broken the 5th gear and syncros are busted. The gearbox code is KF5M33...

I have swapped 1990 1.8L 4g37 for 1992 4g63 including tranny KF5M222VPZ / PA9159. I left the 1990 shift cables in. Now when I shift there is not enough travel/throw to fully reach 1st and 3rd gears (only half-way) but there's enough travel to engage 2nd and 4th gear. The whole offset of the...

Hey guys!So i'm building my box at the moment and I've just run through and done a set of solder crush tests using soft 3mm solder as instructed by the transmission service manual. This box had seen ~80 thousand miles before I removed it due to the crankwalk bolt stripping the thread out of...